Dune House Atreides

<b>Book One of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel <i>Dune</i>—Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture</b><br><b> </b><br><b>Step into the universe of Frank Herbert’s <i>Dune,</i> one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time.</b><br> <br>Before Paul Atreides became Muad’Dib, the dynamic leader who unified the wild Fremen on the desert planet known as Dune . . .<br> <br>Before the evil Baron Harkonnen overthrew House Atreides and sent Paul and his mother Jessica fleeing into the deadly wasteland of sand . . .<br> <br>Before the secrets of the spice and the sandworms were discovered . . .<br> <br>There was another story . . .<br> <br>The tale of young Leto Atreides learning to become a ruler in the shadow of his great father.<br> <br>The tale of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, ruthless tyrant who becomes a pawn of Bene Gesserit breeding schemes.<br> <br>The tale of Pardot Kynes, ambitious planetologist dispatched to the sands of Arrakis to understand the origins of the spice melange, the most valuable substance in the known universe.<br> <br>And the tale of Crown Prince Shaddam Corrino, whose lust for power leads him to plot the assassination of his own father and to create a plan that will replace the spice and disrupt the Imperium forever . . .<br><i> </i><br><i>Dune: House Atreides </i>begins the epic worldwide bestselling trilogy that tells of the generation before <i>Dune</i> and sows the seeds for great heroes, vile enemies, and terrible tyrants.<br> <br><b>Look for the entire prequel series</b><br><b>DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES • DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN • DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO</b>